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Better by the Batch: Bottled Cocktails

Often the best option in a busy bar, bottled cocktails are now bringing pro-quality mixology home

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Jay Cheshes

Jan. 17, 2014 12:25 p.m. ET

AT THE NEW London cocktail emporium White Lyan, you won't find lemons or limes on the bar, nor any ice stored behind it. Every mixed drink on the establishment's ambitious list is made and bottled before opening and then stored at the optimal chill for consumption. "We spend a lot of time doing prep," said managing partner Iain Griffiths. "We've got no normal back bar, just very big fridges."

Bottled cocktails have been catching on steadily in recent years across the bartending universe, in tandem...